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Above: 'A Project to Humanize Canal Street' a class study created for guest critic Louis I. Kahn 1954-55, drawing by Luther E. Frink (TSA 1955). 

 

Below: Luther Frink as Caesar from streetcar,  TSA Beaux Arts Ball, 1954, photo: MG Scheuermann, Jr. 

photos: New Orleans Virtual Archive, Tulane School of Architecture 

Party like it's 1952

1952 Beaux Arts Ball, Tulane School of Architecture Visual Media Archive

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM REGIONAL MODERNISM

Character study in Kodachrome

Joe Donaldson, originally uploaded by regional.modernism.

I've had the distinct pleasure of sorting through old kodachromes recently. This is one of my favorites. It was in a collection of "People" at Tulane School of Architecture and dated 1952.

"Joe Donaldson taught one class in watercolor for part of the year. I don't remember much about him except he was quite a character. He was a very talented man and very talented in teaching. It was interesting to watch him talk, because he had this habit of chain smoking and smoking two or three cigarettes at one time not realizing he had them lit. He would be on the board with chalk and cigarettes between his fingers and trying to write with the cigarette on the board. it was quite an interesting site. He was a very good teacher, a very good artist."

Milton Scheuermann, Jr. (TSA 1956) in Talk About Architecture

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UPDATE 12/16/10

Joe Donaldson (1914-1997) was born in New Orleans and Studied art at the Chicago Art Institute and Tulane University as well as with Enrique Alferez. He participated in the WPA Fine Art project in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950-1952 he taught drawing and painting at Tulane University School of Architecture. To read more and to view some of his drawings and paintings see the The Joseph Donaldson, Jr. Memorial On-line Museum.